Bass tabs
HOT LOVE (Bassline)
As recorded by T. Rex
(From the 1971 Album BOLAN BOOGIE)
Words and Music by Marc Bolan
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Steve Currie - Bass'
Intro
Q=129(8=s8)
4/4
Gtr I
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
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|---0-2-0---0-2-0-|---0-2-0---0-2-0-|---0-2-0---0-2-0-|---0-2-0---0-2-0-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|
1st - 4th Verses
$
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
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||o-----------------|-----------------|---0-2-0---0-2-0-|---0-2-0---0-2-0--|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-------3-------|-3-------3--------|
E E E E Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
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|---------------|-----------------|---0-2-0---0-2-0-|---0-2-0---0-2-0-|
|-3-3-3-3-3--2--|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|---------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|
To Coda
E E E E E E E E Q Q Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 3x
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|-----------------|----------0--|---0-2-0---0-2-0-|---0-2-0---0-2-0--o||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-3--2--0-----|-----------------|------------------o||
|-----------------|-------------|-3-------3-------|-3-------3---------||
Guitar Solo
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E Q
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|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3------|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
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|-------------------------|------------------|
|-------------------------|---------0---2----|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3---3------------|
E E E E Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|---------------|-----------------|---0-2-0---0-2-0-|---0-2-0---0-2-0-|
|-3-3-3-3-3--2--|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|---------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|
D.S. al Coda
E E E E E E E E Q Q Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
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|-----------------|----------0--|---0-2-0---0-2-0-|---0-2-0---0-2-0--||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-3--2--0-----|-----------------|------------------||
|-----------------|-------------|-3-------3-------|-3-------3--------||
Outro
&
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q
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||o---0-2-0---0-2-0-|---0-2-0---0-2-0-|---0-2-0---0-2-0-|----------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3--2---|
||--3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|----------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|---0-2-0---0-2-0-|---0-2-0---0-2-0-|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|-----------------|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
Q Q Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q H 6x
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|----------2--|-----------0-2-0-|-------------------------|-------------o||
|-3--2--0-----|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-----------o||
|-------------|-3-3-3-3-3-------|-------------------------|--------------||
Duration 🏷Legend
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W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature 🏷Legend
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h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
- volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc 🏷Legend
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| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
Well she's my woman of gold
And she's not very old - a ha ha
Well she's my woman of gold
And she's not very old - a ha ha
I don't mean to be bold, a-but a-may I hold your hand?
Well she ain't no witch and I love the way she twitch - a ha ha
Well she ain't no witch and I love the way she twitch - a ha ha
I'm a labourer of love in my persian gloves - a ha ha
Well she's faster than most and she lives on the coast - a ha ha
Well she's faster than most and she lives on the coast - a ha ha
I'm her two-penny prince and I give her hot love - a ha ha
Ow - ow - mh
Well she ain't no witch and I love the way she twitch - a ha ha
Well she ain't no witch and I love the way she twitch - a ha ha
I'm her two-penny prince and I give her hot love - a ha ha
La-la-la-la-la-la-la....
Ooh ooh, oh don't you do....
Ooh ooh, lay it all down....
Ooh ooh, well it's cosmic rock, mh....
